Re:Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics
by twodave on Sunday November 16, 2025 @09:43PM
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You are being pedantic, but I’ll play along. Absurd has multiple meanings. It can mean nonsensical, but it can also mean utterly ridiculous or silly. Under those other meanings I believe the pop-star-physics-professor still qualifies.
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Re:Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics
by makeitdouble on Monday November 17, 2025 @12:34AM
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It sounds pedantic, but "absurd" is fundamentally different from "rare". A lot of baggage comes from flagging something as absurd, instead of just unexpected or uncommon. Winning the lottery isn't absurd, having 3 pairs of some chromosome isn't either, and being a successful pop singer with an academic background isn't either, it's just rare.